EP1922042A1 - Absorbent article having flap activation - Google Patents
Absorbent article having flap activationInfo
- Publication number
- EP1922042A1 EP1922042A1 EP06809271A EP06809271A EP1922042A1 EP 1922042 A1 EP1922042 A1 EP 1922042A1 EP 06809271 A EP06809271 A EP 06809271A EP 06809271 A EP06809271 A EP 06809271A EP 1922042 A1 EP1922042 A1 EP 1922042A1
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- Prior art keywords
- flap
- flaps
- zone
- anisotropic stiffness
- absorbent article
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Classifications
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
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- A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
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Definitions
- the present invention relates to absorbent articles such as sanitary napkins, adult incontinence devices, and the like. Still more particularly, the present invention concerns absorbent articles having flaps with a notch and a first zone of anisotropic stiffness for assisting in transferring the force applied by the wearer through the flaps when the flaps are folded down and under a wearer's undergarment and attached to the underside of the undergarment.
- absorbent articles configured for the absorption of body fluids such as menses, urine, and feces are, of course, well known.
- Absorbent articles, particularly sanitary napkins, having wings or flaps are disclosed in the literature and are available in the marketplace.
- the flaps extend laterally from a central absorbent means and are intended to be folded around the edges of the wearer's panties in the crotch region.
- the flaps are disposed between the edges of the wearer's panties in the crotch region and the wearer's thighs.
- the flaps are provided with an attachment means for affixing the flaps to the underside of the wearer's panties.
- the flaps serve at least two purposes. First, the flaps prevent exudates which otherwise would soil the edges of the wearer's panties from doing such. Second, the flaps help stabilize the napkin from shifting out of place, especially when the flaps are affixed to the underside of the panties.
- Patent 3,397,697 entitled āDisposable Sanitary Shield For Undergarmentsā, which issued to Rickard on August 20, 1968, and U.S. Patent 2,787,271, entitled āSanitary Napkinā, which issued to Clark on April 2, 1957.
- flaps are coated with an adhesive to assist in fixing the absorbent article to the wearer's panty.
- sanitary napkins having flaps that include stress release means are viewed as providing better fit with the panty and better protection against soiling as compared to sanitary napkins without stress release means in the flaps
- sanitary napkins having flaps that include stress release means commonly experience problems that keep them from being optimally effective.
- One problem is that when the wearer applies forces to the flaps to fold the flaps down and under the wearer's undergarment, individual flaps can fail to fold as a single unit. As a result, the portion of a flap that is folded adheres to the wearer's panty. The wearer then folds the remainder of the flap and attaches the flap to the panty.
- This multi-step process that is sometimes used by wearer's to attach a single flap to the wearer's panty can result in bunching and wadding of the flap, improper location of the absorbent article relative to the wearer's body, and failure of the flap to securely attach the absorbent article to the wearer's panty.
- the flaps could be relatively stiffer in particular directions so as to allow each flap to fold as a single unit when the user applies force to fold the wing yet still be relatively less stiff in other directions so as to allow stresses developed from folding the flap beneath the panty to be relieved and allow the absorbent article to be worn comfortably.
- panty line in the wearer's crotch is often curved.
- curvature of the panty line in the wearer's crotch may vary from the portion of the panty generally oriented towards the wearer's front and the portion of the panty generally oriented towards the wearer's rear.
- the non-uniform stresses can impede the bending line of the flap in the engaged position from conforming to the panty line in the wearer's crotch region and result in the same problems as above including failure of the flap to attach to the wearer's panty, bunching and wadding of the flap, and an improperly located sanitary napkin.
- flaps having relatively less stiff areas that are oriented with lines of the wearer's panty to allow the wearer to install the flap such that the shape of the bending line of flap in the folded position conforms to the shape of the wearer's panty and have the ability to relieve stresses developed as a result of folding the flap beneath the wearer's panty.
- an absorbent article such as a sanitary napkin, having flaps with a combination of a notch and first zone of anisotropic stiffness for transmitting force applied to the flap by the wearer when the flaps are folded down along the edges of the wearer's panties in the crotch, is provided in accordance with the appended claims.
- the sanitary napkin has a principal longitudinal centerline, a transverse centerline, and a flap transverse centerline.
- the principal longitudinal centerline and flap transverse centerline have an intersection.
- the sanitary napkin has a front area and a back area divided by the flap transverse centerline.
- the sanitary napkin has a left side and a right side that are generally disposed along the transverse centerline.
- the sanitary napkin has a main body portion and a pair flaps associated with the main body portion.
- the main body portion of the sanitary napkin has a liquid pervious topsheet, a liquid impervious backsheet joined to the topsheet, and an absorbent core positioned between the topsheet and the backsheet.
- the main body portion has two spaced apart longitudinal edges and two spaced apart end edges.
- the flaps extend laterally outward from the main body portion.
- the flaps are associated with the main body portion at a juncture along the longitudinal edges of the main body portion.
- the flaps are divided into a front half and a back half by a flap transverse centerline.
- the flaps have a notch remote from the juncture.
- the flaps have at least one first zone of anisotropic stiffness located contiguous with the notch.
- the first zone of anisotropic stiffness has a relatively stiffer direction and a relatively less stiff direction.
- the relatively stiffer direction is parallel with an angle fifteen to forty five degrees off of the flap transverse centerline on the side on which the first zone of anisotropic stiffness is located.
- the vertex of the angle is the intersection of the longitudinal centerline and the flap transverse centerline and the rotation angle is measured towards the longitudinal centerline in the area in which the first zone of anisotropic stiffness is located.
- the flap may have a pair of first zones of anisotropic stiffness.
- the first zones of anisotropic stiffness may be spaced from one another.
- the first zones of anisotropic stiffness may be made by corrugated or ring rolled portions of the absorbent article.
- FIG. 1 is a top plan view of a sanitary napkin embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line IA- IA of FIG. 1.
- FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line IB-IB of FIG. 1.
- FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the crotch portion of a woman's panties.
- FIG. 5 is a top plan view of an alternative embodiment of a sanitary napkin of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view of the sanitary napkin of FIG. 1 applied to a woman's panties.
- the present invention relates to absorbent articles such as sanitary napkins, adult incontinence devices, and the like. Still more particularly, the present invention concerns absorbent articles having flaps with a notch and a first zone of anisotropic stiffness for assisting in transferring the force applied by the wearer through the flaps when the flaps are folded down and under a wearer's undergarment and attached to the underside of the undergarment.
- absorbent article refers to articles which absorb and contain body exudates. More specifically, the term refers to articles which are placed against or in proximity to the body of the wearer to absorb and contain the various exudates discharged from the body.
- absorbent article is intended to include sanitary napkins, pantiliners, and incontinent pads (and other articles worn in the crotch region of a garment).
- dispenser refers to articles which are intended to be discarded after a single use and preferably recycled, composted, or otherwise disposed of in an environmentally compatible manner. (That is, they are not intended to be laundered or otherwise restored or reused as an absorbent article.)
- the absorbent article is a sanitary napkin designated 20.
- a sanitary napkin 20 according to the present invention is shown in Figure 1.
- the sanitary napkin 20 basically comprises an absorbent means represented by central absorbent pad (or "main body portion") 22, and two flaps 24.
- the sanitary napkin described herein will have two flaps. While it is not necessary that the napkin have two flaps, two flaps are preferred over one flap. Also, while it is not necessary that the flaps be mirror images of one another, they preferably are mirror images of one another. Thus, the description of one flap will be a description of the other, and, for clarity, discussion of the second flap may be omitted.
- a suitable laminate is the superabsorbent laminate WATER-LOCK L-535 available from the Grain Processing Corporation of Muscarine, Iowa (WATER-LOCK registered TM by Grain Processing Corporation).
- Such superabsorbent laminates are disclosed in U.S. Patent 4,467,012 entitled āComposition For Absorbent Film And Method Of Preparationā, which issued to Pedersen et al. on August 21, 1984, and U.S. Patent 4,260,443 entitled āLaminated Absorbent Process", which issued to Lindsay et al. on April 7, 1981.
- the adhesive attachment means are respectively covered by removable release liners, central pad release liner and flap release liner, both designated 58.
- the pressure-sensitive adhesives should be covered with release liners 58 to keep the adhesives from sticking to extraneous surfaces prior to use. Suitable release liners are described in U.S. Patent 4,917,697.
- the flaps 24 are each associated with main body portion 22 along a juncture. This is typically a longitudinally-oriented (or ālongitudinal") juncture, such as lines of juncture 30.
- juncture or āline of junctureā refer to regions where the flaps 24 extend from or are joined to the main body portion 22. These regions can be any of various curved or straight lines, but they are not limited to lines. Thus, these regions can comprise flanges, strips, intermittent lines, and the like.
- line of juncture 30 is a curved line.
- the first zone of anisotropic stiffness 70 is contiguous with the notch 50.
- the flaps 24 each have two first zones of anisotropic stiffness 70 contiguous with the notch 50.
- the two first zones of anisotropic stiffness 70 are spaced from one another on opposite sides of the flap transverse centerline Tl. While a pair of first zones of anisotropic stiffness 70 contiguous with the notch 50 is preferred, other embodiments, having a single first zone of anisotropic stiffness 70 contiguous with the notch 50 may also be used. Other embodiments having three or more first zone of anisotropic stiffness 70 contiguous with the notch 50 may also be used.
- the sanitary napkin 20 of the present invention is utilized by removing the release liners 58 and placing the sanitary napkin 20 in a panty 11.
- the center of main body portion 22 is placed in crotch portion 14 of the panty with one end of main body portion 22 extending towards the front section 10 of the panty and the other end towards the back section 12.
- the backsheet 42 is placed in contact with the inner surface of center crotch portion 18 of the panty.
- Central pad adhesive 54 maintains the main body portion 22 in position.
- the first zone of anisotropic stiffness 70 can be provided with anisotropic stiffness by ring rolling these regions in accordance with the earlier-described ring rolling patents.
- the ring rolling or corrugating should be applied so that the fold lines 60 in the corrugations are oriented in a direction parallel with an angle fifteen to forty five degrees off of the flap transverse centerline on the side on which the first zone of anisotropic stiffness is located. More preferably, the ring rolling or corrugating should be applied so that the fold lines 60 in the corrugations are oriented in a direction parallel with an angle twenty to forty degrees off of the flap transverse centerline on the side on which the first zone of anisotropic stiffness is located.
- Suitable structures for second zones of anisotropic stiffness are the same as those described for first zones of anisotropic stiffness.
- the ring rolling or corrugating for the second zones of anisotropic stiffness can be applied so that the fold lines 60 in the corrugations are oriented in a direction parallel with an angle fifty to eighty three degrees off of the flap transverse centerline on the side on which the second zone of anisotropic stiffness is located. More preferably, the ring rolling or corrugating should be applied so that the fold lines 60 in the corrugations are oriented in a direction parallel with an angle fifty seven to seventy eight degrees off of the flap transverse centerline on the side on which the second zone of anisotropic stiffness is located.
- the ring rolling or corrugating for the second zones of anisotropic stiffness is best applied so that the fold lines 60 in the corrugations are oriented in a direction parallel with an angle sixty three to eighty three degrees off of the flap transverse centerline on the side on which the second zone of anisotropic stiffness is located. More preferably, the ring rolling or corrugating should be applied so that the fold lines 60 in the corrugations are oriented in a direction parallel with an angle sixty eight to seventy eight degrees off of the flap transverse centerline on the side on which the second zone of anisotropic stiffness is located.
- the ring rolling or corrugating should be applied so that the fold lines 60 in the corrugations are oriented in a direction parallel with an angle seventy three degrees off of the flap transverse centerline on the side on which the second zone of anisotropic stiffness is located.
- the flap material is less stiff in a direction generally perpendicular to the desired bending line of the flap which is the panty line in the wearer's crotch region.
- the flap is less stiff in the direction of desired bending and deforms in a manner such that the bending line is nearly compliant with the panty line.
- the ring rolling or corrugating should be applied so that the fold lines 60 in the corrugations are oriented in a direction parallel with an angle fifty five to sixty five degrees off of the flap transverse centerline on the side on which the second zone of anisotropic stiffness is located.
- the ring rolling or corrugating should be applied so that the fold lines 60 in the corrugations are oriented in a direction parallel with an angle sixty degrees off of the flap transverse centerline on the side on which the second zone of anisotropic stiffness is located.
- the flap material is less stiff in a direction generally perpendicular to the desired bending line of the flap which is the panty line in the wearer's crotch region.
- the flap is less stiff in the direction of desired bending and deforms in a manner such that the bending line is nearly compliant with the panty line.
- a panty can have panty lines that are asymmetric between the front and back of the panty.
- a panty can be asymmetric between the front and back to allow for the panty to better fit the wearer's body in the crotch region, which is also asymmetric between the front and back.
- the stiffness of the second zones of anisotropic stiffness can vary depending on numerous factors. These include, but are not limited to the size and configuration of the wearer's panties, the size and configuration of the flaps, and the type of materials the flaps are made of. Any amount of stiffness can provide some benefit versus a sanitary napkin that is not provided with zones of anisotropic stiffness.
- the stiffness of the second zones of anisotropic stiffness should not be so great, however, that the stiffness causes the sanitary napkin to be uncomfortable to wear or to fit sloppily to the wearer's panties.
- a flap 24 having indicia 120 indicating a location where a force can be applied by the wearer to engage the flap 24 is shown in Figure 5.
- Indicia 120 can help the wearer identify the proper location on the flap 24 to push the flap 24 so that the entire flap 24 folds beneath the panty as a single unit.
- Indicia 120 can be located on the front half 26 of the flap 24, the back half 28 of the flap 24, or on both the front half 26 and the back half 28 of the flap 24.
- indicia are located on both flaps 24.
- the present invention relates to absorbent articles such as sanitary napkins having flaps with a notch and a first zone of anisotropic stiffness for assisting in transferring the force applied by the wearer through the flaps when the flaps are folded down and under a wearer's undergarment and attached to the underside of the undergarment.
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